"How many different dodecahedra can you get by continuing to take "twins"?

Originally shared by American Mathematical Society

"How many different dodecahedra can you get by continuing to take "twins"? Infinitely many! This image by Roice Nelson shows the vertices of a dodecahedron, its twins, the twins of its twins, the twins of the twins of its twins,..." John Baez explores "Twin Dodecahedra" on the Visual Insight Blog at http://bit.ly/1AqH1P2.
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